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Old 01-22-2010
Searching all Files on Computer
Hi I need to search all files on my Solaris box and have to know which files are 2GB or more...any combination of commands to do this?
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Old 01-22-2010
Hi.

You don't really need a combination of commands.

The find command should do nicely.
# 3  
Old 01-22-2010
find . -size 2000000000c

I am in /....

It is searching right now. Will that do the trick?
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Old 01-26-2010
find / -name <file or Dir name> -print
-to find a file of directory if you dont know the path it resides
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Old 01-27-2010
Files equal to or greater than 2Gb .

Code:
find // type f -follow -size +2147483647c -print

 
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